Back in January I introduced my male crested to my females (females weigh 59 grams and 50 grams, and are about 2 years old) for the first time. Nature took it's course and a month later I was excited to find 2 eggs from female #1, followed by another single egg laid a few days later by female #2.
I put the eggs in a small gladware container with one little hole drilled in the side, filled it about half way with Repashy SuperHatch, and put the lid on it. I then placed the container under a heat lamp and kept the temp at ~78*F. About two weeks in I noticed mold on the first two eggs, so I carefully rubbed it off with a q-tip and transferred the 3 eggs into small individual dixie cups, which I then placed back in the gladware container. (I was hoping to keep the mold from "spreading" to the third egg) I removed the heat lamp, as I thought maybe the extra heat was causing too much humidity and thus encouraging mold. 2 weeks later, all three have alot of mold and are pretty much goners
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I was just wondering if anyone had any advice for what I may be doing wrong? I know the first few clutches may be infertile, and that's OK I just don't want them to die because of something I did wrong.
If it matters, I am using a mixture of coco bedding and sphagnum moss for the nest box, and I remove the eggs within 8 hours of the female laying them. Also, the mold was fuzzy white.
I just found 2 new eggs tonight, and I really don't want these to succumb to mold!!
I put the eggs in a small gladware container with one little hole drilled in the side, filled it about half way with Repashy SuperHatch, and put the lid on it. I then placed the container under a heat lamp and kept the temp at ~78*F. About two weeks in I noticed mold on the first two eggs, so I carefully rubbed it off with a q-tip and transferred the 3 eggs into small individual dixie cups, which I then placed back in the gladware container. (I was hoping to keep the mold from "spreading" to the third egg) I removed the heat lamp, as I thought maybe the extra heat was causing too much humidity and thus encouraging mold. 2 weeks later, all three have alot of mold and are pretty much goners
I was just wondering if anyone had any advice for what I may be doing wrong? I know the first few clutches may be infertile, and that's OK I just don't want them to die because of something I did wrong.
If it matters, I am using a mixture of coco bedding and sphagnum moss for the nest box, and I remove the eggs within 8 hours of the female laying them. Also, the mold was fuzzy white.
I just found 2 new eggs tonight, and I really don't want these to succumb to mold!!